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which will break the Force of the 

 Winds, and fcreen 'em irom the 

 violent Heat of the Sun. In fuch 

 a Situation they may remain until 

 the Beginning ot OBober^ or later, 

 according as the Seafon proves fa- 

 vourable i for if they are carried 

 into the Green-houfe early^ and the 

 Autumn fhould prove warm, it 

 will occalion the Trees to make 

 Irefli Shoots, which v/ill be weak 

 and tender, and fo liable to periih 

 in Winter j and fometimes it will 

 occalion the Flowering in Winter, 

 which greatly weakens the Trees. 



The Shaddock and Citron are much 

 tenderer than either the Orange or 

 Lemon, fo fhould be let into the 

 Green-houfe fooner, and have a 

 warmer Situation in Winter, other- 

 wife their Fruit will all drop off. 



The bell Compoft for Orange 

 Trees, is, two thirds of frelh 

 Earth from a good Palrure, which 

 fliould not be too light, nor over 

 ftiff, but rather a Hazel Loam j 

 this fhould be taken about ten 

 Inches deep with the Sward, which 

 {hould be mixed with the Earth to 

 rot, and one third Part of Neats- 

 Dungi thefe fhould be mixed to- 

 gether, at leafl twelve Months be- 

 fore it is ufed, obferving to turn 

 it over every Month, to mix it 

 well, and to rot the Sward ; this 

 will alfo break the Clods, and caufe 

 the Mould to be finer. Before you 

 make ufe of this Earth, you fhould 

 pafs it thro' a rough Screen, to 

 feparate the great Stones, and the 

 Roots of the Sward therefrom j 

 but by no means lift the Earth too 

 fine, for this is very prejudicial to 

 moft Plants, but particularly to 

 Orange Trees. 



AURICULA MURIS or Pilo- 

 sella; Moufe-Ear. 



This is a Sort of Hawkweed, 

 with fmall hairy Leaves, which are 



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white underneath j the Plant trails 

 upon the Ground, taking Root at 

 the Joints, by which means it will 

 foon fpread over a large Compafs 

 of Ground. 



This is very common in Eng- 

 land j it grows chiefly on dry bar- 

 ren Places, or upon old Walls. 



AURICULA URSIi BearVEar. 

 or Auricula. 



"ThQCharacierso.vf, 



It hath a perewiial Root i the 

 Leaves arefmoother and thicker than 

 thofe of the Vrimroje ; the Cup of 

 the Flovper is Jhorter, fo that the 

 Tube appears naked-, the Flower is 

 fiap'd like a Funnel, the upper Fart 

 is expanded and divided into Jive 

 Segments ; this is fucceeded by a glo- 

 bular Seed-Vejfel, containing many 

 fmall Seeds. 



To enumerate the Diverfities of 

 this Plant, would be almoft endlefs 

 and impolTible; for every Year pro- 

 duces vaft Quantities of new Flow- 

 ers, differing in Shape, Size, or 

 Colour of the Flowers j and alfo 

 in the Leaves of thefe Plants, there 

 is as great a Variety, fo that the 

 skilful Florift, is oftentimes capa- 

 ble of diflinguifhing the particular 

 Sorts thereby. 



But as it feldom happens, that 

 fijch of thefe Flowers as are at one 

 Time in great Eifeera, continue to 

 be regarded a few Years after (there 

 being ftill finer or larger Flowers 

 produced from Seeds, which are 

 what the Florifts chiefly feek after) 

 fo it would be needlefs to mention 

 any of them : Wherefore I fhall 

 proceed to give the Charaders of 

 a good Auricula. 



1 . The Stem of the Flower fliould 

 be lofty and Jtrong. 



2. The Footjialk of the Flower 

 fliould be jJwrt, that the Umbel may 

 be regular and clofe, 



3. The 



